In the second half of 1780, the main military campaigns of the Tang Dynasty in the Far East were carried out around the islands. In addition to Bai Nan in order to end the uprising of the Heaven and Earth Society, Bai Nan sent troops from two regiments of the army to Taiwan with the cooperation of the Qing army, and after the training www.biquge.info of German mercenaries was basically completed, Bai Nan sent troops from the First German Brigade of the Tang Dynasty to Borneo. Relying on the Foreign Legion alone was not enough, so Bai Nam ordered Hu Fakui to send the Jianwei Regiment, which was the strongest combat effectiveness in the Fifth Brigade of the Army, to assist.

The Jianwei Regiment was originally a Borneo garrison, and they were all children of immigrants, and they were familiar enough with the local conditions. Moreover, as the regular army of the Tang Army, it was also able to impose some restraint on the Foreign Legion.

The Tang Dynasty brought tens of thousands of German mercenaries from Europe and organized them into a division with two brigades, which were roughly the same as the regular army of the Tang Army. Although it is impossible for these Germanic people to speak many words of Chinese in half a year, and even the vast majority of them are illiterate people who do not know German, it is even more difficult to learn another language. However, the good thing is that their ranks themselves are all Germans, so there is no problem in communicating with each other, and the commanders of the Tang people can directly give orders to German officers who know Chinese, and then relay the orders into German.

At this time, the German First Brigade was largely completed, but the Second Brigade was not completed, because most of the First Brigade were mercenaries who arrived one to three months early, while the Second Brigade was formed later and had not yet completed some basic training.

The German 1st Regiment, which had once played its role in Japan, was also incorporated into this brigade, but a few months ago, the 1st Regiment was reorganized, and a third of its veterans were disbanded and sent to other units as non-commissioned officers and even officers at the grassroots level, and the vacancies were filled with new recruits.

Von Tensen is known for his exploits in the last war, and he is German. He was already familiar with the training, so he was appointed as the commander of the 2nd Brigade and was responsible for the training of the 2nd Brigade. The reorganized German First Regiment was headed by the highly favored Blucher.

On the 10,000-ton island-class transport ship Huayang, the commander of the German First Brigade, Senior Colonel Li Daizong, said to Colonel Blucher beside him in a not very proficient German language: "...... The Jianwei regiment had arrived in Pontianak the day before yesterday, and I had already explained their preparations for war against the Sultan of Mazen. We will not go to Pontianak to join them, and the German 1st Brigade will directly seek to land in Brunei and capture the Sultanate of Brunei. ”

Blücher stood up and saluted, "Yes, sir. ”

Then he said a little embarrassedly: "Brigade commander, in fact, you can talk to me in Chinese, my Chinese progress is still very fast." ”

Li Daizong shook his head with a smile and said, "The two of us have about the same time to learn each other's language, but I still think it is easier for me to communicate with you in German." ”

This made Blucher blush even more, and Li Daizong used to serve in China as a second lieutenant in the modern peacekeeping battalion. Later, he joined the Light Transmission Regiment. Two years later, he was appointed lieutenant colonel as deputy commander of the 2nd Brigade Zhaolie Regiment, and before the Zhaolie Regiment went on the expedition, he was transferred to the General Staff, and a year later parachuted into Guwei Linglai as a colonel, and served as the brigade commander of the 1st German Brigade. Li Daizong is a few years younger than Bai Nan, but he performed well during his tenure, so he can be regarded as a key training object in the army, so he became a colonel at the age of thirty. His men, Blucher, were all eight years older than him.

Li Daizong's learning ability is very good. Not only did he master a lot of professional knowledge, but also after he became the commander of the German 1st Brigade. He also began to learn German, and after more than half a year, he was even able to communicate with Germans in a basic way. Blucher, on the other hand, really realized the difficulty of learning Chinese, and now he can only burst out a few words at most, and he can't speak too complete sentences.

Blucher said to Li Daizong again: "We sent troops to Borneo this time to deal with Brunei, Machen and other sultanates. Are you planning to colonize the area? ”

He took great care to show that he was not an officer who only knew how to fight, and although he was German, he behaved as a Tang man everywhere, hoping to gain the favor of his superiors.

Li Daizong said: "The Dutch have coveted the Spice Islands, from centuries ago. They colonized here, and now the Dutch base camp in the Spice Islands is still concentrated in Java, and there are also colonizations in Wangjiaxi, Moluccas, etc., and Borneo has always been in their plans. A few years ago, we in the Tang Dynasty unified the local Chinese immigrants and natives, established the Borneo Overseas Territory, and compressed the Dutch power in Borneo, and the Dutch avoided conflicts with us after they understood our strength, and now the Dutch are also willing to do business directly with us in Pontianak. Because we were able to better explore the local products, we had better business capabilities, and even the Pontianak to Batavia route was doubled after we established an overseas territory. Not only will they be able to buy spices and rice from here, but they will also be able to get other goods from here that we produce locally in Datang. However, Borneo is not the only one in our power, not to mention the large and small indigenous tribes on the island, and the Malay Sultanate has limited us from making better use of local resources, so we have to remove these stumbling blocks. ”

The first Pontianak Sultan in West Borneo was originally shouting in front of the Chinese, and he felt very status, but after the Tang people came, they were directly wiped out by the Tang people, so there is no Sultan in West Borneo now. During his tenure as Governor, Hu Fa Kwai was extremely repressive of the Green Cult forces in Borneo's overseas territories, not only restricting the existence of mosques, but even deliberately provoking several conflicts against the Malays. Numerous bloody clashes resulted in at least hundreds of Malays being killed and many more expelled. So much so that now in West Borneo, the Green Church has almost lost its presence. The local Dayaks and other natives, due to their frequent exchanges with the Chinese and their vassalage to overseas territories, began to accept a large number of Chinese customs. For example, celebrating traditional Chinese festivals, and even worshipping the land lord or Mazu with the Chinese.

Prior to this, Hu Fakui had led the Chinese of Borneo to expand outward, and the Chinese not only controlled West Borneo, but also expanded northward to Sarawak, and on the west bank of the Lupa River, the Chinese established a number of villages one after another. The largest ethnic group in the area is the Kayant, who, like the Dayaks, are headhunters. However, there are not many conflicts between the Canayans and the Chinese, and the main conflicts between the Chinese are concentrated in the Malays. The Malays, like the Chinese, are strictly speaking immigrants, and they are green religions, which is even more contradictory with the Chinese.

However, since most of the villages established by the Chinese had militia, Hu Fakui issued a large number of paper shell muskets, with an average of one musket for every ten Chinese, and specially trained the militia to form barracks to resist the enemy. In addition, every Chinese settlement had radio communications, and when one side was attacked, people from other places immediately rushed to support. The Malays have organized many attacks on Chinese villages, but the Chinese have united and caused great damage to the Malays.

When Hu Fakui led his troops to Guangdong last year, Datuk Datuk, a Malay in Sarawak, with the support of the Sultan of Brunei, organized an army of several hundred men to attack Kuching, a town founded by the Chinese. Although all the garrisons went to Guangdong, the local militia was still quite powerful. A town like Kuching, which has more than 1,000 inhabitants, not only has hundreds of militia capable of fighting, but also has two heavy machine guns. The militia erected their heavy machine guns and attacked the Malays with the help of the fortifications and watchtowers that had been built, and more than 300 Malays died in the battle.

It was also after this battle that Hu Fakui made a request to Bai Nan to send troops to Borneo to exterminate the Malay forces in Borneo, which were unfriendly to the Chinese. Bai Nan was so good that he immediately sent the German Corps to fight in Borneo. Although the number of regular troops of the Tang Army in Bai Nan's hands was tens of thousands, they were scattered throughout the Qing State and could not be seen, and there was still the problem of troop rotation, so he could only dispatch the German Corps to fight.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Nan also wanted to test the combat capability of the German Corps. Although Germans born in Central Europe will not be particularly adapted to the tropical climate, Datang's logistics are also very powerful, at least they will have enough vaccines and wind oil. From the very beginning of its establishment, the German Corps hoped to be able to fight for the Tang Army in the most difficult environment, and at the same time deal with some relatively backward colonial enemies. So this is the perfect occasion for them to play.

The entire German First Brigade went on the expedition, and the soldiers alone were more than 5,000 people. In order to provide them with security, the Tang army took out the three island-class transport ships that had just arrived, the Chigua, the Mischief, and the Huayang. Among them, the Red Melon carried the weapons, ammunition and logistical supplies of the first brigade, while the last two ships were dedicated to carrying soldiers. In addition to three transport ships of more than 10,000 tons, two small transport ships of 3,000 tons followed.

It can be said that the battle of the German First Brigade this time is also a test of the Tang Army's ability to project long-range troops after the Dujuan Plan. In the first half of the year, six island-class ships were launched and delivered, and the first two have been delivered, and Datang's ability to manufacture 10,000-ton ships has been verified. Half of them were retained by the military, and the rest were used for cargo and immigration. In the first half of the year, construction of 10,000-ton 3,000-ton carriers in the Ocean-class was started, which is still at the level of construction in addition to cruisers and other ships contracted by West Coast shipyards. (To be continued.) )